Background*

Mr. Barry M. Gosin has been the Chief Executive Officer of Newmark Knight Frank Frederick, part of BGC Partners, Inc. since 1979. Mr. Gosin serves as the Chief Executive Officer of Newmark Grubb Knight Frank Capital Group. He served as the Chief Executive Officer of Cornish & Carey Commercial Newmark & Company Real Estate, Inc. since 1979. Mr. Gosin served as a Principal of Newmark & Company Real Estate, Inc. since 1978 and directed day-to-day operations and ensured ... the continued growth of its commercial leasing activities. Mr. Gosin serves as Senior Executive on the Leasing team for Mitsui Fudosan (New York), Newmark. He provided strategic oversight and supervision of Newmark's leasing program. He has personally facilitated several billion dollars worth of office leases. He has spearheaded U.S. growth, and has been instrumental in the creation of Newmark global partnership with Knight Frank LLP. He has been responsible for negotiating headquarters leases for North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System and KeySpan Energy. He serves as a Member of The Young President' Organization, Inc. He serves as a Trustee of Citizens Budget Commission and Pace University. In the past 15 years alone, he has been responsible for leasing more than 30 million square feet of commercial space in some of the largest and most innovative transactions in New York City history. He served The Bank of New York, Citigroup Inc. and The Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. in various capacities. He served on Senator Schumer’s “Group of 35”, making recommendation for New York City’s long term development. Mr. Gosin has been responsible for negotiating headquarters leases for Bloomberg L.P.; the Equitable Life Assurance Society; Purdue Pharma L.P.; Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison; Lowe Lintas & Partners; Liz Claiborne, Inc.; White & Case LLP; Chadbourne & Parke; Cahill Gordon Reindel; Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP and others. He serves as Vice Chairman of Newmark & Company Real Estate, Inc. He serves as a Director of The Partnership For New York City, Inc. He serves as a Trustee of Citizens Budget Commission and Pace University. He served as a Director of BGC Partners, Inc. from February 1, 2007 to November 7, 2007. He served as a Director of NYC & Company Inc. He serves as a Director of Federal Employment and Guidance Services. He is a Member of the Board of the Real Estate Board of Nw York Board of Governors. He serves as Honorary Trustee of the High School of Economics and Finance. He is Chairman of The Young Men's/Women's Real Estate Association. He is a Member of YMWREA; a Member of the Board of Directors of the Avenue of the Americas Association and a Member of NACORE. He is a Trustee for the Parker Jewish Institute; a Member of the Board of Directors for Northern Westchester Hospital Center and the Center for Downtown New York. He serves as a Member of the Board of the New York Junior Tennis League and a Trustee for the Parker Jewish Geriatric Institute. He is leading the NYC Partnership initiative for incentives downtown and throughout the five boroughs. The Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY) has granted Mr. Gosin its "Most Ingenious Deal of the Year" award on two occasions, and he has received frequent formal recognition from his peers as an industry leader. He has been honored by Public Education Association as a Distinguished Graduate of New York City Public Schools, and he has also been recognized and honored by Parker Jewish Geriatric Institute, New York Junior Tennis League, Association for the Help of Retarded Children and UJA-Federation of New York. He received the Ernst & Young "Entrepreneur of the Year" award in 2002 and was honored by Northern Westchester Hospital as "2001 Man of the Year". He also received "Leadership in Management Award" from Pace University. Mr. Gosin holds a B.A. in Economics and History from Indiana University.

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